Avatar: Legend of Korra Line Test?

[nefrekeptah]

To those who haven't seen it yet; apparently an animator at a Koren studio posted on his blog a short line test for what people are assuming is the new Avatar series coming next year. It certainly looks like it, at least, as the woman in the clip is wearing the same clothes as Korra is in the opening shot.

There's also speculation that it could be a fake, but if it is, it's a very well done one;

Edited to add: After a bit of researching, it seems that the Track Team, who made the music for ATLA, says that they may be able to release an offical soundtrack if they get enough petitions. Here's the link to their Facebook site, with a link to the petition: http://www.facebook.com/thetrackteam?v=app_2373072738#!/thetrackteam?v=wall

( And for legalities sake, Korra and Aang )

Steel - The Jersey City Era, Part 3

[superboyprime]

We continue with STEEL #37 and #38. In #37 we meet the assassin Skorpio, who becomes a recurring character. #38 is a team-up with the Question.



We hit a bit of a series slump here. Both issues are flawed in their own way. #37 suffers from a muddy ending and the fact that Skorpio doesn't get especially interesting until later. #38 feels like (and probably is) an inventory story. More on that later.

( A third of both issues below the cut... )

( Or, if you just want to see the Question, jump straight to that... )

Awesome New Female Characters Week: Elizabeth "Lizzie" Hexam

[ficticons]

Lizzie Hexam is one of three main characters in Mike Carey and Peter Gross's Vertigo-published series The Unwritten, which began in 2009.

She didn't start out as a main character - although she has definitely become one - but she was present in the series right from issue #1.

She is awesome because she's the catalyst for a great deal of the action that takes place in the first four issues. She asks thoughtful questions, is resourceful and enigmatic, saves the life of main-character-from-the-start Tom Taylor - the son of a writer (missing when the story starts) who wrote a popular series of novels centered around a boy wizard named Tommy Taylor - at least once, and is generally great. She's also a London-dwelling character from a Dickens novel.


Notes:
- The post might be slightly NSFW due to some of the language in the scans.
- Also, I apologize for the quality of one of the scans which I made myself. I'll get a better-quality one up as soon as I can. For now I just hope that what's going on is clear enough to be understood.

( Lizzie is someone who certainly knows how to make an entrance. )

Long story short: Lizzie is a fascinating character. She's important to the story of The Unwritten, and Mike Carey and Peter Gross are clearly willing to spend time and effort on her, which is awesome by itself. I can't wait to get the third trade in January March to pick up where I left off!

( Scans used in this post )

Awesome new Females Week - The ladies of Avatar: The Last Airbender

[sherkahn]

While technically not comic book characters, these ladies have left a lasting impact in the generation that grew up with A: TLA. The show was rich universe to play around with in, with actual characters with motivations. These were not cookie cutter ladies, but true individuals with issues and personal drama, and they all in their own special way rose to the meet the challenges presented to them, as heroes or villains.

And they do get great moments in the filler comics between Seasons.

( Once more unto the breach )

Return of Bruce Wayne #6 preview

[sherkahn]

DCUBlog has the preview of the final issue of the Return of Bruce Wayne, and hopefully a lot of the trippy questions will be answered.

At least the art is much better.

( Cancho, when you are a man, sometimes you wear stretchy pants. )

Devilman Volume II - The Beautiful Wings of Death

[majingojira]

Hey Kids, ready for some more Violence? How about some random nudity? 

I would say "Oddly timed sexual innuendo" but I was forced to cut the part where our hero makes a comment about the heroine's breasts getting bigger in front of her parents...

Whom he's been adopted by.

But if you want the first two, then have I got the series for you! It's the second volume of Devilman!

Edit: Stupid cut, hiding damn near half the story beneath a second cut...

I think I have it fixed now...
( Stupid editing scewing up the cut... )

Why do comic fans get stereotyped so much?

[superboyprime]

A friend linked me to this yesterday, and I just had to share. Written and drawn by some guy who works in a comic book shop, Our Valued Customers is a webstrip in which he quotes actual things he's heard his customers say.



Some other stand-outs beneath the cut...

( Hopefully, none of these turn out to be one of you. )

Look how cute he was

[team_mummy]

Been a while since I contributed. Hope you like these!

( 5 scans from Hellboy The Storm 2 )

Awesome New Female Characters - Atom Eve

[angelophile]

Samantha Eve Wilkins AKA Atom Eve's the core female character in Robert Kirkman's Invincible series. When she was introduced, it was as a teen superhero from the same mold as Mark, who happened to be attending the same school as him. They soon became close and the pair have acted as support for one another since, with a will-they/won't-they chemistry being part of their ongoing relationship. Eve was genetically engineered to be a living weapon, but was unaware of this fact and developed a refreshingly practical outlook on superheroics and the best uses of her powers. Oh, and her love life.



4 pages from Invincible #20 and 2 from Invincible #32 beneath the cut.

( Read more... )

Vampires, werewolves, and riots, oh my!

[ravenous_raven]

( Bite Me's first beheading... )